Eastland County is a county located in
West Central Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was
18,583.
The county seat is Eastland. The county was founded in 1858 and is
named for
William Mosby Eastland, a soldier during the
Texas Revolution and the only officer to die as a result of the
so-called "Black Bean executions" of the ill-fated
Mier Expedition.